Fall has made her way to the NW all mixed up with sunshine, rain showers and changing leaves. I've been spending these last few weeks putting the final details together for my European tour and trying to fill up on extra squeezes from my little guy. It will be the longest time I have spent away from him and my heart already hurts. But, I also know I'm going to have a fantastic time performing so many beautiful places, seeing old friends and meeting new people.

As a small s﻿end off, I'﻿m performing this Sunday at Hattie's Hat in Ballard as part of a songwriter showcase hosted by local artist, Kubby Casual. I'll be playing a short set of my songs with the Back Door Trio (Kubby Casual on drums, Sander Vinberg on upright bass and Paul Beaudry on mandolin). This is a free show and music starts at 8pm.

Then on October 6th, Rob, Dave and I board a plane and head to Europe for a full month of shows throughout Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands. If you know anyone in these three countries, please forward our tour dates below. We are playing a lot of new cities this time around and it's always nice to meet fabulous people who know you fabulous people! I'll be posting photos and tour tidbits on my website, facebook, twitter and instagram pages so be sure to check in often.

Hello hello! I hope you all are enjoying a beautiful summer. It's been beautiful here in Seattle and I've been enjoying all this amazing sunshine and fabulous weather earning where all the cool kiddo water parks in the city are hiding. I am also learning that not only does my little guy love water, he loves running. Yes, his walking quickly moved to running so now he runs everywhere. And I mean, everywhere. So before he wakes up and starts our mini marathon of the day I want to tell you about our tour in Europe this fall! Rob, Dave and I are getting very excited to travel to Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands in October and getting to perform for all of you again. We are filling dates up fast, but we do have a few dates open that we would LOVE to fill with house concerts. If you are interested in hosting, please contact me and let's chat soon. They are so easy and such a wonderfully intimate way to hear and share music with your friends and family. And if you have a venue you would like us to perform in, please email me the name and I will contact them. And please make sure to take a look at our schedule below and mark in your calendars when we will be in your city. We'd love to see some familiar faces. And please forward this schedule along to your friends and family. We love meeting new people! I hear my little guy waking from his nap, so I'm off and running. Thank you all for being here with me and thank you for letting me into your day for a few precious moments. I am a lucky girl to have you all on this adventure with me and I thank you from the bottom of my heart. See you all this fall! smooches, carrie Carrie Clark & the Lonesome LoversEuropean Puddle Stomping Tour20148 October: Paddy O'Ryan's, Leeuwarden,NL 9 October: Private Event, Nijmegen, NL 10 October: Podium Café 'Peter en Leni', Steendam, NL11 October: Private Concert, Gemert, NL12 October: De Harmonie, Edam, NL13 October: Café Dwaze Zaken, Amsterdam,NL14 October: Cultuurhuis, Heerlen, NL 15 October16 October: Café Kultus, Grevenbroich,DE17 October 18 October: Leonhardskapelle Acoustic Night, Erkelenz, DE19 October: De Perk, Walsoorden, NL20 October21 October22 October: Heimathirsch Bar & Kultur, Köln-Nippes, DE23 October: Kult+Genuss, Mönchengladbach,DE24 October: Cher's, Bornheim, DE25 October: Klösterchen, Herzogenrath, DE26 October27 October28 October29 October30 October31 October: Private Concert, Saxony,DE1 November: 't Block, Nieuwerkerk, NL2 November3 November4 November5 November: The New Inn, Goes, NL6 November: Station Berlaar, Berlaar, BE7 November: 't Guildenhuis, Rupelmonde, BE8 November: Private Concert,Obharmesbach, DE9 November: De Waag, Haarlem, NL

Happy sunny July!Ok, mostly sunny if you don't count the fall like weather we are soaking in today. I've been enjoying all this (mostly) amazing sunshine and fabulous weather and learning where all the cool kiddo water parks in Seattle are hiding. And I'm learning that not only does my little guy love water, he loves running. Yes, his walking quickly moved to running so now he runs everywhere. And I mean everywhere. So before he wakes up and starts our mini marathon of the day, I wanted to give all you folks here in and around Seattle a big reminder that the Lonesome Lovers and I are opening for my good friend, Kellee Bradley's CD release party this Saturday night at the Hard Rock Cafe in downtown Seattle. For those of you who like discounts, advance tickets are available for $10 here http://www.ticketweb.com/t3/sale/SaleEventDetail?dispatch=loadSelectionData&eventId=4210004 or you can pay $13 at the door. Doors open at 8pm and the Lonesome Lovers and I go on first at 9pm. This is our only band show until this winter so I very much hope you can join us this Saturday. It's going to be a wonderful celebration and to be absolutely honest, I miss all of you! I don't get out much these days and I would love to see as many of your beautiful and handsome faces as humanly possible. Please note! The Torchlight Parade is also this Saturday so if you are planning to come to the show (or the parade and then our show), be sure to get downtown early or take the bus, a taxi, carpool or walk. We'll be there early so join us for a pre-show cocktail. I hear my little guy waking from his nap, so I'm off and running. Thank you all for being here with me and thank you for letting me into your day for a few precious moments. I am a lucky girl to have you all on this adventure with me and I thank you from the bottom of my heart. smooches!carrie

Happy summer! It's here, the sun, spreading her rays and warming our bones making us all feel giddy like kids in a candy store. I've been enjoying some down time after my first tour since becoming a Momma last month. It was amazing, wonderful, fulfilling and hard to be away from home. I enjoyed visiting with old and new friends, wearing earrings AND a necklace and clothes that didn't require access for feeding a baby. I learned that there are no changing tables in rest stops (at least none in Oregon and California) so the front seat of the car works great when a baby needs a cleaning. I also learned that the heart is a very fragile thing especially when leaving your child for the first time and goodbyes are just as hard the second time. This is the first tour where I performed more house concerts than venues and while I've had various challenges in the past with room "ambiance" while performing, this tour topped it with a mariachi band and ice cream truck (thank you Oakland), motorcycle brigades, fireworks, and my personal favorite, a peacock. If you've never heard the sound a peacock makes you should Google, wiki, you tube it. I think it is one of the more challenging sounds to work into a song, but also one of the most comical. I will say this particular peacock had impeccable timing. And the hardest lesson I seem to have to re-learn every time I make this trip is never EVER leave your windows or vents open south of Sacramento. The. Smell. Is. Terrible. Since being back home, I've had lots of time with Ryder and my fabulous hubby and sprinkles of time to book my Europe tour this fall and shows here in Washington through the end of the year. I may have missed a few deadlines this year (I am not sure what could have distracted me - his name could start with an R....) so our summer schedule is really quiet, but we do have one show here in Seattle and it's a special one. My good friend, Kellee Bradley, is releasing her first album in 9 years and the Lonesome Lovers and I are going to join her for this very special celebration. The show is Saturday, July 26th so mark your calendars and if you are a planner aheader, buy your tickets now. I included the link below. And speaking of summer and sunshine, I'm off to take my little guy to the park and get him some playtime before his nap time. Thank you all for allowing me into your day, I know that time is precious for all of us and I appreciate you being here reading this with me. Now get out there and get your summer on! smooches! carrie Show coming up in Washington: Saturday, July 26th at 9pm Hard Rock Cafe 116 Pike Street Seattle, WA 98101 Carrie Clark & the Lonesome Lovers opening for Kellee Bradley's CD release. Advance tickets available now: http://www.ticketweb.com/t3/sale/SaleEventDetail?dispatch=loadSelectionData&eventId=4210004Facebook invite: https://www.facebook.com/events/735928586429486Other shows coming up:Thursday, July 31st: Axe and Fiddle, Cottage Grove, OR (solo) Friday, August 1st: Tyee Winery and Buchanan Family Century Farm, Corvallis, OR (all ages)

Hi folks! It's been a long while since I performed in my fabulous home town of Corvallis, Oregon and have I got a show for you! I've partnered up with Tyee Winery and Buchanan Family Century Farm for a very special all ages show on Friday, August 1st. Tyee will open at 12pm and music will start at 6pm. Food, wine and non-alcoholic beverages will be available for purchase or you can bring a picnic (no outside alcoholic beverages please). Advance tickets are $12 and kids under 12 are free. Did I mention you get a free wine tasting with your advance ticket purchase (21+ of course)? I hope you all can join us for this very special show. Not only will I have the Lonesome Lovers with me, but I'll have my one year old son, Ryder, with me as well as quite a few other members of my family. Save the date, please please please share with your friends and family and I look forward to spending a beautiful evening with all of you at Tyee Winery on Friday, August 1st. Smooches! carrie

Hello all you fabulous people in California, Arizona and New Mexico!! I'm HERE! Well, depending on where you are I'm either here or on my way :) After kicking off my tour with two wonderful house concerts (thank you Campbells and Larsens!), and a brief but fabulous visit with family, I'm back on the road with my first stop in San Diego at Lestat's this Wednesday, May 7th. Then it's on to Tucson, Phoenix, Bosque Farms, Santa Fe, Flagstaff, Prescott, Newport Beach and lastly San Francisco. Please note!! We've changed the house concert Saturday, May 17th to Jamber Wine Pub in San Francisco. Here's a quick revisit to my schedule and I so so hope to see as many of you as possible. I'm leaving my little boy tomorrow for the first time and my heart feels like it could burst into a million teeny tiny little bits so I could use some smiling faces out there. Carrie's SW Puddle Stomping Tour... Friday, 5/2: Casa Campbell House Concert, Roseburg, OR Saturday, 5/3: Larsen Lounge House Concert in Oakland, CAWednesday, 5/7: Lestat's with Victoria Vox and Gena Peralta (I'm on at 9pm) 3343 Adams Avenue in San Diego, CA Thursday, 5/8: Healey House Concert in Tucson, AZ email me if you are interested in attending this concertFriday, 5/9: Kitchen Sink House Concert Series in Phoenix, AZ email me if you are interested in attending this concert Saturday, 5/10: Page House Concert in Bosque Farms, NM email me if you are interested in attending this concert Sunday, 5/11: Coyote Concerts in Santa Fe, NM email me if you are interested in attending this concert Tuesday, 5/13: Cowgirl BBQ with Justin Farren 319 South Guadalupe in Santa Fe, NM 8pm to 11pm Wednesday, 5/14: Vino Loco Wine Bar with Jill Cohn 22 East Birch Avenue in Flagstaff, AZ 7pm to 9pm Thursday, 5/15: The Raven Cafe with Jill Cohn 142 North Cortez Street in Prescott, AZ 8pm to 11pm Friday, 5/16: Clark House Concert in Newport Beach, CA email me if you are interested in attending this concert Saturday, 5/17: Jamber Wine Pub(NEW!!!) 858 Folsom Street in San Francisco, CA 7:30pm to 9:30pm I better get back to packing and get my final snuggles in with my little guy. Thank you so much for being on this list, I love you all very much! smooches! carrie

Happy April and happy spring!! I hope you all are enjoying the warmer weather, blue skies and blooming flowers. My little boy turned one this month and all of a sudden it's just a few days before I leave and start heading south for three weeks of music and fun in the SW! So, I'm going to get right down to where I'll be performing in the next few weeks. Folks in Arizona, California, New Mexico and Southern Oregon, this is for you and for those of you not in those states, I'm hoping you would be willing to pass these tour dates along to anyone you know who would like my music. Word of mouth is the best form of promotion and it all starts with wonderful people like you.

The fine details...You may notice that I'm performing a LOT of house concerts this tour and I'm so very excited about these particular concerts as they are cozy, intimate and just a fabulous way for me to get to know all of you on a much more personal level. Most of these house concerts are open to the public, but because they are in someone's home, you must RSVP with me in order to get the details. If you see a house concert listed near your home that you would like to attend, email me at carrie@carrieclark.com. May 7th San Diego! This is my first time performing at Lestat's so please oh please come out and say hello and please spread the word. I go on first at 9pm so you can still get home early or you can hang out with me to watch the lovely Victoria and Gena. May 13th Santa Fe! Who doesn't love the Cowgirl BBQ? Great food, yummy margaritas and Justin Farrin will also be performing and he's wonderful.May 14th Flagstaff! Vino Loco is a new venue for me and I hear it is lovely. I'm sharing the evening with my friend Jill Cohn who is just lovely so I hope you will join us for an intimate evening of music and wine.

May 15th Prescott! I LOVE the Raven Cafe and always have a wonderful time performing there and my friend, Jill Cohn, will be performing as well. You know how good the food is and I love singing to you all at this wonderful venue. I hope to see some familiar faces and of course, please spread the word. I better get back to packing! I adore and appreciate you all so so very much! Happy almost spring and see you all in just a few weeks! smooches! carriefabulous photo by Laurie Clark Photography

Happy Spring! It seems that just a few days ago it was winter and now without even blinking here we are in spring! I hope you all are doing well and enjoying the sunshine as it starts to peek it's way out of the clouds and bring it's warmth to the day. I've been putting in a lot of Momma hours and when I'm not chasing after a newly walking 11 month old, I'm booking my Europe tour for October! I feel like I need some super-powered-multi-tasking-blasto-mega super hero to keep my head on straight. I have managed to only lock myself out of the house and my car once (fortunately with baby in my arms, not locked inside) and I've only forgotten to leave the house with non-essential clothing items (i.e. all my bits were covered) so overall I think I am doing pretty well in this new split role of Momma and Musician. And speaking of a European tour, Dave, Rob and I are so very excited to perform for all of you again. We are filling dates up fast, but we do have a few dates open that we would LOVE to fill with house concerts. If you are interested in hosting, please contact me and let's chat soon. They are so easy and such a wonderfully intimate way to hear and share music with your friends and family. And if you have a venue you would like us to perform in, please email me the name and I will contact them. Carrie Clark & the Lonesome Lovers European Puddle Stomping Tour 20148 October: Paddy O'Ryan's, Leeuwarden, NL 9 October 10 October: Podium Café 'Peter en Leni', Steendam, NL 11 October: Private Concert, Gemert, NL 12 October: De Harmonie, Edam, NL 13 October: Café Dwaze Zaken, Amsterdam, NL 14 October: Cultuurhuis, Heerlen, NL 15 October 16 October: Café Kultus, Grevenbroich, DE17 October 18 October: Leonhardskapelle Acoustic Night, Erkelenz, DE 19 October 20 October 21 October 22 October 23 October: Kult+Genuss, Mönchengladbach, DE 24 October: Cher's, Bornheim, DE 25 October: Klösterchen, Herzogenrath, DE 26 October 27 October 28 October 29 October 30 October 31 October: Private Concert, Saxony, DE 1 November 2 November 3 November 4 November 5 November 6 November 7 November 8 November: Private Concert, Obharmesbach, DE 9 November: De Waag, Haarlem, NLI hear my little man waking up from his nap so I must run. Thank you for being here on this list and for reading all the way to the end. I adore and appreciate you all so so very much! Happy spring and we can't wait to see you all in the fall! carrie, dave and rob

Happy March! Looks like spring is going to come in wet and soggy here in the northwest so we are certain to have a green and lush summer with loads of sunshine and warm weather. Well in my mind, that's what all this rain is for. That and for cozy nights with yummy food by candle light and music against a starlit background. Like enjoying a show at the Triple Door which you can do tonight! Greg and I are performing an acoustic set opening for the fabulously charming Korby Lenker. Greg and I are playing a pretty set with a few surprises and did I mention my little guy Ryder will be there? Greg and I open the show at 7:30pm sharp, Korby goes on at 8:30pm and the show will be over by 9:30pm giving you time to get home and to bed before it gets too late. We love playing the Triple Door with all it's beauty and glamour so we very much hope you can join us. That's all for now, Momma's got to go shine up her boots and warm up her voice for tonight's show! Happy soggy spring! carrie TONIGHT! Monday, March 3rd TRIPLE DOOR MAIN STAGE 216 Union Street Seattle, WA Show starts promptly at 7:30pm with Carrie and Greg opening for the fabulous Korby Lenker All ages show Tickets available now! http://tripledoor.net/Calendar/Events/March-2014/Korby-Lenker.aspx?date=2014-03-03

Happy March!Ok so I'm a day early (I really did think today was March 1 went I wrote this). I wanted to write all you folks directly in Oregon, California, Arizona and New Mexico because......

In May I'm headed your way!! I'm almost done filling my schedule, but I do have a few dates open that I would LOVE to fill with house concerts. If you are interested in hosting, please contact me and let's chat soon. They are so easy and such a wonderfully intimate way to hear and share music with your friends and family. Carrie's SW Puddle Stomping Tour...Friday, 5/2: TBD southern OR or Northern/Bay area CASaturday, 5/3: Larsen Lounge House Concert in Oakland, CASunday, 5/4: TBD, Bay area, CATuesday, 5/6: TBD, LA, CAWednesday, 5/7: Private House Concert in Tucson,AZThursday, 5/8: TBD in AZFriday, 5/9: Kitchen Sink House Concert Series in Phoenix, AZSaturday, 5/10: Private House Concert in Bosque Farms, NMSunday, 5/11: Coyote Concerts in Santa Fe, NMMonday, 5/12: TBD, NMTuesday, 5/13: Cowgirl BBQ in Santa Fe, NM (with Justin Farren)Wednesday, 5/14: Vino Loco Wine Bar in Flagstaff, AZ (with Jill Cohn)Thursday, 5/15: The Raven Cafe in Prescott, AZ (with Jill Cohn)Friday, 5/16: West Lake Canyon House Concerts in West Lake Canyon Village, CASaturday, 5/17: TBD, Bay area, CASunday, 5/18: TBD, Bay area, CA I hear my little man waking up from his nap so I must run. Thank you for being here on this list and for reading all the way to the end. I adore and appreciate you all so so very much! Happy almost spring and see you all in May!smooches!carrie